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Deep state conservatives

When I was a Los Angeles Times news editor many years ago in Orange County, California, I suggested to my liberal boss that we should have at least one conservative columnist.

End Moody's and S&P credit-rating agency racket

By Stephen Moore

This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the housing market meltdown that led to the Great Recession. Is another crisis looming around the corner?

Remembering decisive American intervention in World War I

By Joseph C. Goulden

As the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I approaches, a loud "huzzah" is due Geoffrey Wawro -- one of the few historians bold enough to declare that American intervention was decisive in the conflict.

Gingrich can represent Trump foreign policy at the U.N. like nobody else

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

With the formidable Nikki Haley preparing to slip the bonds of midtown Manhattan by year's end, it's time to imagine Newt Gingrich as America's next UN ambassador.

How stalking diversity statistics sidelines education

By Council Nedd II

Harvard stands accused of discriminating against applicants of Asian descent in pursuit of a more diverse campus. The compelling case brought against the school is scheduled to begin in federal court on Oct. 15 and could lead to a precedent-setting decision on affirmative action at the U.S. Supreme Court.

'Green, clean and affordable' -- and requiring more investigation

By Paul Driessen

A recent live-streamed Heritage Foundation program in Washington, D.C., presented information that raises an intriguing question: Could Bloom Energy be the Theranos of fuel cells?

Nikki Haley's distinguished turn as U.N. ambassador

By Donald Lambro

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who announced this week she will be leaving her post at the end of the year, will be remembered most for being the Trump administration's toughest critic of Kremlin President Vladimir Putin.

Re-imagining 'King Lear' in modern India

By Claire Hopley

In "We That Are Young," Preti Taneja's re-imagines the "King Lear" story in modern India. The country is economically booming -- "fast forward every day" with malls and hotels, spas and mansions for the wealthy, and slums and rubbish-heaps and punishing jobs as servants and factory workers for the poor.

A mob by any other name still stinks

By Larry O'Connor - The Washington Times

CNN spent a lot of time this week calling an apple a banana.

Nabbing this Chinese spy makes Trump's America closer to great again

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

In what might rightly be seen as a gigantic feather in President Trump's MAGA cap, the U.S. will bring to trial a Chinese government intelligence agent accused of trying to steal trade secrets from American aviation firms.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a GOP giant who's finally awakening

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Something's happened to Sen. Lindsey Graham. He's gone full court, full steam ahead conservative, fully on the same side as President Donald Trump. And have to say, it's not only about time. It's refreshingly, cheeringly, notably high-fives-all-around time.

Rejecting the easy money of cannabis

By Peter Droege

On Aug. 11, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice under the Obama administration reaffirmed that marijuana is a Schedule One drug — dangerous because of its high abuse potential and public health concerns — and that the illegal distribution and sale of marijuana is a serious crime. The United States Department of Justice has confirmed it is committed to enforcing the Controlled Substances Act consistent with these determinations.